Cheapest iPhone Contracts?

[lalagrace]

Sorry to mix up the thread, but I wanted to know how XML guy uses the Itouch and skype to do calls. can it be used anywhere like a cell phone? I have used skype on my desktop to do video calls, and chat, but have never thought of being able to use it as a mobile thing.
thanks!

 

[AmberHeartsDisney]

Our contract is up with verizon and though im happy with their service Id like to see my options in getting an iPhone. I currently pay $90 for 2 phones with unlimited text messaging and 700 shared minutes NO internet and NO email. Im mostly a texter and I the few people I talk to on the on are verizon. Last month we used 100 minutes. So my question is how cheap is your iPhone plan?

Ps. I know it will be more then this but Id like to hear how much you pay and for what you get...Im looking for a plan with at least unlimited internet usage, thanks in advance!

id hold off for a few months At&t contact runs out this Apple this year, rumor is its come to Verizon since apple developed a CDMA phone and Verizon is going 4g next year, i forget to mention i think there is a new iphone coming out in a few months too

 

[10_Kyle_10]

I think I read Verizon is going to get in the iphone game soon.

id hold off for a few months At&t contact runs out this Apple this year, rumor is its come to Verizon since apple developed a CDMA phone and Verizon is going 4g next year, i forget to mention i think there is a new iphone coming out in a few months too

Ive heard this rumor recently as well...Im glad guys said this cause I would definitely wait if this is the case.

 

[Green Tea]

Sorry to mix up the thread, but I wanted to know how XML guy uses the Itouch and skype to do calls. can it be used anywhere like a cell phone? I have used skype on my desktop to do video calls, and chat, but have never thought of being able to use it as a mobile thing.
thanks!

You can put the Skype app (free) on the touch, and use microphone embedded headphones.

 

[xmlguy]

You can put the Skype app (free) on the touch, and use microphone embedded headphones.

You got it. I don't even need to use a mic when I'm calling home to get my messages. All you need to find is free or cheap WiFi and you're good to go. I haven't used a hotel phone since I've used skype on my laptop and iPod Touch. WiFi is wireless like a cell phone, and the quality is just as good, but the distance and availability is limited - so it doesn't exactly replace a cell phone - but it does for me, since I don't mind waiting to call until I have WiFi access.

 

[BabyFu18]

Can you specify what features you are talking about and also what some of these other smartphones are?

Maggie

Well the biggest feature you are paying for of course is internet access, so if you don't or won't use the interenet much on the phone then you probably don't need a phone where internet access is nonnegotiable.

Other feautres are the gps/maps, notepad, the app store (games, books, social networking, music, etc. there are a ton of apps for all different things), then their is the ipod feature which is an extra that maybe some people won't use if they already have an ipod.

Other smartphones (blackberry, palm, blackjack, moto Q, HTC, etc.) which you may or may not have to purchase hefty data plans with, could be an option if you are just looking for a phone with smartphone details but don't care as much for the "wow" factor of the iphone (organization over fun, I guess).

Either way, iphone or traditional smartphone, they are all good phones just depending on what you are looking for and how much you are looking to put into it.

 

[JCooks]

I'd definitely wait on the iphone...they are supposed to be announcing a new version on June 8th!

Apparently AT&T is also going to lower the cheapest iphone plan from $69/month down to $59/month on June 8th too.

I read it on cnet, but can't seem to link to it (still under 10 posts -- which is, of course, a good rule to have!)

 

[Nermel9]

I'd definitely wait on the iphone...they are supposed to be announcing a new version on June 8th!

Apparently AT&T is also going to lower the cheapest iphone plan from $69/month down to $59/month on June 8th too.

I read it on cnet, but can't seem to link to it (still under 10 posts -- which is, of course, a good rule to have!)

That is SOOO annoying...my Verizon contract is up on May 31. My boyfriend and I are going to get IPhones and I'm switching to At&t and we're going to get a family plan. I want to keep my phone # that I still have now, and to do that, I have to sign up with At&t while my Verizon account is still active. So there is no way I can wait until June 8th unless I want to not have a phone for a few weeks and not keep my phone # which is really important to me! Uggggghhhh!!!!

 

[weazel28]

That is SOOO annoying...my Verizon contract is up on May 31. My boyfriend and I are going to get IPhones and I'm switching to At&t and we're going to get a family plan. I want to keep my phone # that I still have now, and to do that, I have to sign up with At&t while my Verizon account is still active. So there is no way I can wait until June 8th unless I want to not have a phone for a few weeks and not keep my phone # which is really important to me! Uggggghhhh!!!!

You should be able to go month to month after your contract is up with Verizon. Just don't get a new phone or make any changes to your plan and you should be ok.
This is the way it was when I was with Verizon last, but things may have changed.

 

[weazel28]

Ive heard this rumor recently as well...Im glad guys said this cause I would definitely wait if this is the case.

This most likely will not happen until Verizon and At&T go to 4G LTE which is the next gen wireless standard. AT&T is running some trials now, with 3.5G HSPDA which gets faster data service.

Verizon is projecting LTE roll outs nation wide in 2010/2011.

If Apple was going to release a CDMA iPhone it would have been submitted to the FCC months ago and someone would have leaked the specs. The other issue would be having a specific phone here in the US and then GSM phones every where else in the world. But then again I have been known to be wrong before.

-J

 

[DonnaBelle06]

Hubby and I have 2 iPhones....(LOVE MY PHONE!!)....and we have 700 shared minutes....unlimited data and texting...and our bill is right at $150 a month.

Its high...but I love my phone enough to keep it......

Hope this helps!
Donna

 

[Green Tea]

I thought the new "thing" coming in June is iphone 3.0 software update, not a new phone. Last year when they rolled out the 3G phone they had the 2.0 software available for all. I thought this year was just the software, with which they can make them do pretty much anything they want.

ATT is exclusive until 2010. I think it is "an" iphone that will go on the Verizon network, but not "the" iphone. It is a new version they are looking to offer on the other network.

 

[10_Kyle_10]

Hubby and I have 2 iPhones....(LOVE MY PHONE!!)....and we have 700 shared minutes....unlimited data and texting...and our bill is right at $150 a month.

Its high...but I love my phone enough to keep it......

Hope this helps!
Donna

Is this the standard price or is it including some sort of a discount?

 

[Green Tea]

Is this the standard price or is it including some sort of a discount?

http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-phone-service/specials/iphone-info.jsp

This explains the pricing which is the same everywhere.

The only difference is, as mentioned, if you put your email address for work in on the business site and find there is a discount negotiated thru your employer. http://www.wireless.att.com/businesscenter/?login=Enter+work+email

 

[DonnaBelle06]

For us this is with a "family" discout - I checked the bill and with taxes its just over $160 a month (but I have the added $5 a month what is basically AAA - covers having someone unlock my car, change a tire, etc. twice a year).

Hope this helped a little.
Donna

 

[jennifer293]

We have At&t with one iphone and a regular phone shared family plan of 700 minutes, unlimited nights and weekends.

We spend between 105-113 a month for both phones and my data plan. I have the old iphone so it is only $20 rather than $30. Also I asked and with the new iphone you need to add a texting plan in addition to the data plan, the old plan had included some text messages. It really depends on how much you text, if you do less than 200 in a month then it will be an additional $5 so in total about $35 to do everything to the whole capability of the new iphone.

Since we only have 1 iphone on our plan I'm not sure how much more it would be, though I will find out soon as my husband wants to take my old phone and get me the new one.

Do you know when the new one comes out? I am taking Dh's old one and he is getting the new one..I really did not want the iphone (it is a slippery little sucker and I drop phones a lot.. ) but I also did not want it to get thrown in a drawer and not used again. They are soooo easy to use and lots of cool apps though that I like. I play with his phone all the time..